Music Saved Us and Other Music Docs
Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 3pm
Music Saved Us
Short (6 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Frezale Smith / USA / Music
Encoded messages in spirituals led to calls for social justice expressed within jazz and R&B.
Special category: Mississippi, African-American Filmmaker
Great Big Yam Potatoes!
Doc (8 min.) / Dir. Dean Blackwell, Prod. Damien Blaylock & Allen Blackwell / Mississippi / Music
Recordings and photos from the 1939 WPA Southern Recording Expedition document the tradition of fiddling.
Special category: Mississippi
The Juke Joint Show: Becoming Bukka
Doc (14 min.) / Dir. Matt Wymer, Prod. Matt Wymer & Damon Burke / USA / Music
The stories and music of unsung musicians and the times and places that shaped their music.
Film trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/11072556
Special category: Mississippi
Negro Terror
Doc, Music Video (54 min.) / Dir. & Prod. John Rash / USA / Music
Cinematic and musical portrait of the punk band Negro Terror's role within the vibrant and eclectic underground music community of Memphis, Tennessee.
Film website: http://southdocs.org/project/negroterror/
Film trailer: https://vimeo.com/302526945
Special category: Mississippi
